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European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)

 

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is a traffic management system that provides a unified signalling and train control system throughout Europe. A key component of ERTMS is the on-board rolling stock signalling equipment known as the European Train Control System (ETCS).

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A new challenge for ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 on Italian conventional lines

6 September 2016 | By Fabio Senesi, Stefano Marcoccio and Andrea Olmi (RFI S.p.A)

The introduction of ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 has been one of the major technological innovations in the world of railway signalling in recent years. Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FSI) through Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and Trenitalia was one of the principal developers of the system, demonstrating its feasibility and effectiveness –…

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Railway safety, it’s my priority…

25 May 2016 | By François Bellot, Federal Minister for Mobility and Transport, Belgium

Belgium, situated at the heart of the European Union, possessing a very developed economic sector of logistics, is abundantly conscious of the challenges – present and future – of the transport sector. We are often pointed at as Belgium still resides in the top ranks of most congested roads in…

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Services begin on Poland’s completed ERTMS Level 2

7 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 has been completed on the section between Legnica-Wegliniec-Bielawa Dolna of Poland’s E30 line co-existing with conventional signalling equipment...

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Centralised control centre: South Africa’s answer to rail traffic management

14 October 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review

A state-of-the-art control centre has opened in the South African province of Gauteng integrating rail traffic management from 35 existing control rooms. The advanced rail traffic management control centre, known as the Gauteng Nerve Centre (GNC), accommodates 35 control rooms in a single location. The GNC constantly monitors each and…

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The Railway Infrastructure Manager’s challenge

4 June 2015 | By James Lewis, Network Rail

As the railway Infrastructure Manager in the UK, Network Rail is entering uncharted territory – new possibilities in traffic management are opening up through the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), and the ability to measure the performance of the infrastructure in ways not previously imagined is becoming increasingly available.…